WoW Cheats

This is a new update to version 2.0. This UI is heavily influenced by Tukz, Cael, Kitty, and many others.

qUI is an all-around UI designed to maximize the use of your screen whilst maintaining a certain sense of style. It includes everything you need for questing or raiding and everything in between. You will find that it is very useful for whatever class you choose. I have 14 level 70+ characters, so the UI was built with each in mind.

While I built this UI from the ground up using addons available on WOWInterface, I don’t take credit for any of the content. I only take credit for putting it all together to serve the needs of myself and my friends.

UPDATE!
This compilation was built and tested for 1920×1200 resolution. It should scale well for most 16×10 resolutions within reason.

Installation…

1. First and foremost please Back up your current WTF and Interface files BEFORE installing this UI.

2. Extract the 3 folders to your main World or Warcraft folder.

3. Inside the WTF folder you just extracted, rename the 3 folders ACCOUNTNAME, SERVERNAME, and CHARACTERNAME with your information.

4. Start the game and click on the addons button at the character selection screen. Make sure the “Load out of date addons” box is checked.

5. Start the game, once in the game you will notice the interface is a mess, don’t worry we will get this fixed.

6. Login, once in game your interface will be a mess. Don’t worry we are going to fix that. In the chat box type /reflux switch qUI The command is case sensitive so be sure to capitalize U and I in the command. Refer to (Figure 4)

7. This should fix 98% of the UI. You will have to move the chat window into place, and the pMinimap will probably need to moved as well. You can move it through the addon options menu.

8. Type /carb options or right click the Carbonite minimap button and select options. The select “Reset” on the left side of the window. Then select “Import settings from another character” and select Quëë and hit ok/yes when prompted.
(Figure 6) Main Carbonite Options window
(Figure 7) Carbonite Reset-Import Character Settings Dropdown http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/681/figure7.jpg
(Figure 8) Screenshot after Import reload http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/5930/figure8.jpg

9. I used Stuffing for my bag in version 2.0 you will have to edit the colors and select the correct border(I use border 5 in the screenshots), check the “Custom Skin” button then type /rl in chat to reload the UI in order to make the bag look the one in the screenshot. Stuffing does not have a profile option so this has to be done on each character. You only have to set the options for a character the first time you load the UI on that toon.

(Figure 10) Stuffing configuration

10. All DONE!!! ENJOY!!!!!

Addons
Atlas Loot – Loot Database
Bartender 4 – Action Bars
Bazooka – Lib Data Broker Bar
Blizz SCT Font – Changes Default Blizzard Scrolling Combat text
Broker Money – Records money from all toons
Broker Repair – Repair % Broker
Broker uClock – Time & Alarm Broker
Button Facade – Skinner for various buttons
Carbonite – Map and Quest tracking
Clique – Click to cast/healing
Gnomish Vendor Shrinker – Condenses the default vendor display
KgPanels – Custom Background Panel
Molinari – Mill, Prospect, Disenchant addon
OmniCC – Countdown timers for buttons
PallyPower – Buff help for Paladins
PicoXP – XP Broker
Postal – Mail
Prat Chat Customization
Producer – Simplified Profession Table
Quartz – Castbar/Cooldown
Reflux – Used to easily transfer UI to you
Satrina Buff Frames – Custom Buff/Debuff frames
Sexy Cooldown – Visual Cooldown confirmation
Shadowed Unit Frames – Unit Frames
Sharedmedia – Custom textures and fonts
Skada – DPS/Threat meter
Statblock Folks – Guild and Friend broker
Statblock FPS – FPS broker
Statblock Latency – Latency broker
Statblock Memory – Addon+Blizzard memory usage
Statblock Money – Gold broker
Stuffing – All in one bag with sort, stack, and search feature
Tidy Plates – Custom name plates
Threat Plates – a TANKING MUST HAVE!
TipTac – Tooltip
Vendor Value – Button to autoselect most vendor valuable quest reward
WeightsWatcher – Tooltip based gear comparison
Xloot – Custom loot frames

Built-In Theme Features:

* Low CPU impact
* Tank, DPS, PvP Modes
* Spell Cast Text
* PvP Class Icons
* Health Text

Built-In Theme Modes:
Modes for the default theme can be activated by entering the Interface Options panel, and selecting the “Grey Theme” sub-category under Tidy Plates.

* All Modes: Critters and Neutral units are faded, unless they are attacking you.
* Tank Mode: Clutter reduction!
o Nameplates of aggro’d units shrink and fade
o Aggro escapee’s nameplates grow, increasing visibility.
o Plates for Non-elite units are even further reduced.
o Marked targets or visible cast bars cause a plate to un-fade.
* DPS Mode: Aggro’d unit nameplates grow, increasing visibility.
* PvP Mode: No fading. Class Icons of enemy players are shown in their nameplate.

Customization:
Appearance and mechanics can be altered by downloading a Theme Package. Please see the Optional Files section for available themes.

In addition, if you can use a text editor, you can tailor your own Theme. See the Sample Template for more information. Feel free to write me a note; I’d be happy to help you get started writing your own theme. :-)

Development
If you’d like to see where Tidy Plates is heading, check out the Roadmap. The latest developments can be found at the Beta page. Bug reports and feature requests should be submitted through my Author portal. Private messages are also a good way of getting in touch with me.

(Very) Frequently Asked Questions
I don’t want untargeted nameplates to fade! Can I do that?
Short Answer: Not Yet.. it’s a work-in-progress
Long Answer: All child frames and artwork under Blizzard’s nameplate frames will have their opacity modified. To avoid this, it’s necessary to completely separate the artwork and the Blizzard frame, which brings unintended “features” to the table. I will begin introducing this feature in the 5.10 Beta.

Can I show mana bars/combo points/threat/etc?
There’s some limitations as to which units can be observed, but it’s possible. I intend to implement these features via Widgets that theme authors can quickly insert into their code.

Would you make a configuration menu, where I can have full control over the appearance of my nameplate?
Short Answer: No(ish)
Long Answer: I feel that designing and maintaining an extensive GUI would involve more time than I can devote, and would also affect the ‘lightness’ of the core software. ThreatPlates and CleanPlates already feature extensive menu options, and are built on top of the Tidy Plates core. I certainly will expand the menu options of the default plates, as time goes by, but I doubt it will approach anything that Aloft features. That said, I’ve changed my mind, before.

Tags and layouts are now fully explained in the documentation included with RantTooltip.

Another Update: I’ve decided to go another direction with RantTooltip. Recently, I was inspired by oUF to recode RantTooltip in such a way that it includes a layout system. You’ll find it very similar to oUF. A sample layout is included, based on p3lim’s oUF layout. It was designed to match p3lim’s layout due to my personal use of it. I take no credit for the design.

For everyone who prefers the original RantTooltip look, I’ve uploaded a layout called RantTooltip Classic.

This new version of RantTooltip includes a tagging system. Variables are denoted by a dollar sign ($) (i.e. “$name” for a unit’s name). {} brackets encompass conditionals. Text inside the conditional brackets will only display if every conditional inside them has a return value. For example: “{Target: $target}” – The target line will only display if there is a target. Or: “$name{: $target}” – Again, the colon and target name will only display if the unit actually has a target.

Playing a healer is (in my opinion) probably the toughest job you can do in a raid. Not only are the lives of your fellow party or raid members in your hands, but if you mess up, everyone is going to know it. This guide will hopefully help you prevent those flubs, by going over the basic (and often ignored) information that you will need to mold yourself into an exceptional healer. Be you Shaman, Druid, Priest, or Paladin this guide is for you!
Section I: Who Am I Healing Again?

This may seem like silly and unneeded advice, but this basic rule is often ignored or forgotten. In a 5 man party you are obviously expected to heal everyone including yourself, however once you enter a 10 or 25 man raiding situation things become slightly more complicated. Not knowing who you are healing in these larger raid situations can lead to many preventable deaths and/or your entire raid wiping.

For example if you are assigned to heal the main tank and you choose to ignore, or miss your assignment and decide to take it upon yourself to heal the raid instead, there is a very good chance that the tank you were supposed to be healing is going to die. The mob the tank was tanking will go on a rampage and own the faces of at least a few raid members before another tank can pick it up, or if it does not get picked up it will, in the end, wipe your entire raid. Even if the tank manages to stay alive, you are putting extra strain on your other healers who are taking time out of doing their jobs to do yours, which can also lead to deaths amongst the raid.

To make your life (and the lives of your fellow raiders) easier be sure to know exactly who you are expected to heal, even on trash mobs, and then do it. Usually there will be one person giving out healing assignments. If you are confused as to who you are supposed to be healing, don’t be afraid to ask. Pleading ignorance in these situations is not  an excuse. This will allow the raid to move along smoothly, and hopefully with as few deaths, as possible. Knowing your job and doing it will make everyone happy.
Section II: Trust Your Fellow Healers

This section goes hand in hand with Section I as it relates to sticking to your healing assignment. While once again not an issue while running a 5 man instance where you will be the sole healer, this is nevertheless an important rule to remember. Trusting your other healers, even if you have never healed with them before will ensure that you are not stretching yourself too thin, and will also allow any weak links to be weeded out.

This is a difficult concept for some, as they have a hard time relinquishing control and allowing other healers to do their job. It’s also difficult to stick solely to your job when you can obviously see another healer struggling or simply not doing their job. While it is tempting to throw out those extra heals to pad the healing meters, or “save” the raid it is really helping no one in the long run.

Simply put, do your job and allow the other healers (as long as they are alive) to do theirs. Taking other healers assignments as your own, not only is annoying because it shows a lack of faith in their skills, but also stretches you rather thin, leaving an opportunity for your assignment to be ignored. If your assignment dies while you were healing something else, there is no one to blame but you.

Healing anything other than your assignment could also lead to weaker healers, or those not doing their job going unnoticed. While it may be hard to watch someone die, stick to your assignment unless instructed to do otherwise. This will allow the weaker links, and those who are not performing their assigned job to be weeded out. Your healers should work like a well oiled machine, each piece doing their part.
Section III: Don’t Die

Don’t die. A dead healer is a healer who is doing absolutely no healing and as such is basically just an empty raid spot. You might be able to snag a battle rez, or maybe a nice Warlock gave you a Soul Stone, but your goal should be not to die in the first place. This leads us to the “don’t suck” part of the equation.

This means being constantly aware of your surroundings (or in the words of Mad Eye Moody “CONSTANT VIGILANCE!”). This simply means being aware of where the boss is located, where your healing target(s) are located, and also paying attention to any other environmental effects that may be thrown your way such as void zones, fires, cleaves, or even falling rocks.

This can be extra difficult for a healer. It’s easy to forget to look up from the health bars on your screen, and the impulse to cast that one last heal before moving is tough to ignore. But it is something that must be done, because a dead healer is helping no one.

To make it easier to watch the health bars and move at the same time, be sure your screen is clear of clutter, and also move your party or raid frames someplace where you can also take note of any hazards that may befall you.
Section IV: Preemptive Healing

Preemptive healing, or healing in accordance with anticipated damage is something that all healers should strive to do in every party and raid when possible. This way your cast is winding up and finishes as the damage lands on your heal target, or shortly after, greatly reducing the chances of death.

For example Hodir (a boss located in Ulduar) will cast Frozen Blows throughout the fight. Frozen Blows increases his Physical damage making the tank take extra damage, and at the same time does massive raid damage. This damage can easily be mitigated and deaths can be avoided by some preemptive healing. Those healing the tank can wind up some larger heals to take care of the large damage he/she is about to take, while raid healers can cast HoTs or have instant heals ready to be cast when the damage hits.

Healers with heal over time spells of course have an advantage here, but those who do not can still manage this by timing their cast time in accordance with the upcoming damage. Boss mods and a general knowledge of the boss fights you are facing will greatly improve your effectiveness at preemptive healing.

Healers with heal over time spells can also precast their HoTs on the tank, or raid members before a pull. The HoTs will then tick, taking care of any initial damage and will not give any threat to the healer. This will give the tank time to gain aggro before any other healers have to begin casting.
Section IV: Mana Management

Mana is the thing that makes a healer’s world go around. Without mana a healer cannot cast their life saving heals, and as such are rendered fairly useless, unless of course they dash about bandaging their party members. As such managing your mana should be one of your main focuses while healing.

With Blizzard designing encounters that last longer periods of time, managing your mana becomes ever more important. A healer can easily blow their entire mana bar in a matter of seconds, leaving their healing assignment high and dry. This can result in the death of a single person or even lead to a chain of events that may wipe your entire party or raid. There are several things you can do to help manage your mana:

* Keep one eye on your mana. Keeping a constant watch over your mana during the fight will help you manage it better. By having it continuously in the back of your mind you will tend to be more conservative and smarter in your casting.

* Don’t be afraid to jump out of casts. If you find that your target has been healed to full as you are casting a heal, jump out of it instead of allowing the cast to finish. This will save you valuable mana, and lower your overhealing.

* Heal smart. Have a general idea of the spells in your arsenal, how much mana they cost, and how much healing they do. Also having some knowledge of the fights you will be encountering will allow you to better understand the kind of damage you will be facing. Knowing all of this will allow you to pick out the appropriate heals for each situation instead of just wildly casting your biggest (and probably most mana consuming) heal.

Use your mana pots and mana regeneration abilities wisely. Using a mana pot when you are at 95 percent mana makes no sense. Save it until you’re down by at least enough mana to make the mana pot fill you back up again. Use the same logic for any other mana regenerating abilities your class may have such as Innervate or Shadowfiend. Use abilities as early in the fight as possible (mana depending) so that they can be used again later on.
Section VI: Ignore the Healing Meters

While I do encourage some healthy competition between healers, if taken too far it can really hinder rather than help the raid. In general ignore the healing meters, while they may be a useful tool to check when something is obviously wrong in the healing department, they really should be the  furthest thing from your mind while healing in a raid or party.

I once knew a Priest who topped the healing meters every single raid. While this may seem great, the Priest neglected to do his duty of healing the tank, and instead cast his heals towards the melee and warlocks in the raid, in order to boost his healing so he could be the “best’. Because of this the tank died repeatedly, and our raid found itself at a standstill all because this healer wanted to top the meters.

As a healer, as long as your assigned healing targets are staying alive, then who cares about the meters? You are doing your job, and the raid will defeat it’s foes, and that is what matters in the end, not whose name was at the top of a list.
Section VII: Understand Your Class

Understanding the class you are playing is very important. Each class has it’s strengths and weaknesses, and also offers up different healing styles. Becoming intimate with your class, knowing which spec is best, what enhancements to put on your gear, what spells are available to you, and even spell rotation is a major factor in how well you will do playing that class.

Before the Dungeon Finder Tool, leveling through instances just wasn’t possible for those of us with limited playtime unless we had 4 friends with similar schedules and an appropriate selection of classes. But now, we can take advantage of the speedy XP, better gear and grouping practice.

More importantly, dungeons are fun. In order to research this guide, I dusted off a level 18 paladin I hadn’t played for at least 2 years. I picked up skills that were new since the last time she trained, redid her talents and tested the Dungeon Finder waters. It was an absolute blast running through Deadmines with an appropriately leveled group. I’ve also had a great time leveling a priest in her 30s and a mage in her 60s using the Dungeon Finder. If you too want to try some instance leveling (and I bet most of you already have), here are some tips to make the most of it:

Set aside uninterrupted playtime

The great thing about soloing is that you never have to worry about interruptions bothering anyone else but you. And if you have close friends or understanding guildies, you can usually impose on them with non-emergency AFKs as needed. But if you’re going to PUG it up using Dungeon Finder, you should make arrangements to only be interrupted if absolutely necessary. Captain Obvious says it’s inconsiderate to do otherwise. If you’re a parent, I find that after bedtime is great.

Primetime is Dungeontime

If you wait until your server is quiet to queue up, you’ll probably find your options limited and the queues long. So I highly recommend recording your favorite shows so that you can dungeon crawl when everyone else is.

Plan to spend around an hour

In general, old world instances are much longer than the 5 mans we run in Northrend. Of course, there are exceptions such as Scarlet Monastery Graveyard, which is an easy 15 minute run. Also, you may end up in a dungeon in which your whole group is unfamiliar and/or can’t remember. And there’s a lot to be said for enjoying the scenery instead of just rushing through.

Be a healer or tank

If you really don’t like playing either role, don’t take this advice. Playing WoW should be fun. However, if you do enjoy being a meatshield or playing whack-a-mole, then you will find your waiting time much more reasonable than queueing as DPS — possibly even as instantaneous as it is at 80. Of course, some people queue as tank and then expect someone else to actually do the work. That’s just stupid, since runs only go smoothly if everyone performs their role correctly. But I’m sure you all know that. Also, make sure you understand the basics of your class in your chosen role and have the appropriate gear for it at that level.

Get the quests

I have solo or duo leveled most of my characters previous to Patch 3.3 and therefore am used to just dropping the quests requiring instances. But now I seek them out. The quest rewards for dungeon quests are often better than the drops inside and are usually better than nondungeon quest rewards. And, of course, there is the nice chunk of XP you get for turning in quests. Picking up quests isn’t always possible for every dungeon, particularly for the ones that are located in enemy cities. And some are hard to find. The really nice PUGgers share their quests at the beginning of dungeon runs… if they have a chance before the tank starts pulling.

Prepare your bags

Visit your bank, shop at vendors, mail to your bank alt and otherwise empty your bags of everything you don’t need for the run. Then make sure you stock up on food, drink, bandages, potions, reagents and anything else you will need for a run or two. Make sure to repair and restock inbetween queuing. You can only trade conjured items across realms, so your groupies won’t be able to help you if you’re missing required items and you don’t have a mage.

Start young

You can start using the Dungeon Finder tool at level 15. I don’t know if I’d recommend starting that early — level 18 might make the dungeons go a bit easier. When you sign up for a random dungeon, you will be put in a group of similarly leveled people in an appropriate instance.

Stay till the end

Defeating the main boss for the dungeon will give you achievements, great gear drops and most importantly, an XP bonus and The Satchel of Helpful Goods. Unlike the heroic dailies at max level where the best goodies only drop once a day, the satchel will drop every time you complete a random dungeon while leveling. The satchel contains sweet, delicious gear that is usually better than anything else you can get at your level. Even at lower levels, you get a pretty blue item to drape on your bod.

Don’t stay till the end

The satchel and valuable playtime is not worth it if you’re stuck with jerks and/or idiots. The players blaming everyone else for wipes are usually the ones who are causing them. And the ones who are ridiculously rude from the outset will not improve during the run. You’ll enjoy your play session much more if you are questing while working off the Dungeon Debuff than if you are putting up with That Guy. I once stuck with a run where the “leader” made a rape comment in the first few seconds of my zoning in. Dumb move. I should have put him on ignore and scarpered. The funsuckers only win if you let them, so degroup from the jerks and don’t look back.

Need everything you want

I know not everyone agrees with me on this, but it really reduces your stress and makes the runs go faster. In the lower levels, classes can need on armor that is lower than theirs. So hunters can need on cloth — that they’ll never use. And some of them will. If you are there at the beginning of the run, suggest a Need Everything loot system for speed purposes. If you aren’t there at the beginning or forget to communicate, I recommend you make a quick gear comparison by holding down the shift key while you mouseover the dropped loot. Then Need it if it’s an upgrade. Need every pattern for your professions too. If something drops that you can use and will equip right away, but you don’t win it, just ask if the winner will wear it. You can trade dropped gear from the current instance and conjured items across realms but nothing else. To reduce drama, equip new gear right away.

Don’t degroup from good groups

If you still have time in your play session and your group was a good one, don’t degroup at the end. Speak up quickly and suggest requeueing together. You’ll still get the satchel at the end because the group began as random. The only problem is when one of you outlevels the others, then the leader won’t be able to requeue until the higher level leaves.

Have fun!

If you are stuck in a level where you get the same dungeon over and over along with everyone else you are PUGging with then the runs are going to be speedy blurs. But if it’s your first time in a dungeon on your current character, announce that at the beginning. It shouldn’t be difficult to find others who are willing to take it slow-ish to really enjoy the experience. My PUG and I had a blast in Deadmines even though we wiped a couple times and we got lost running back. A couple impatient DPSers dropped group because we weren’t speedy enough, but they were instantly replaced. (That’s another reason being a tank or healer is best.)

When you spend an evening playing with the Dungeon Finder Tool, you are going to find that the leveling will be fast and furious. You may even want to macro a “Grats” emote for all the groupies who are dinging with you.And at the end of the session, you’ll find your more advanced character sporting sweet new armor, weapons and a bulging pocket of gold. Now go forth and dungeon crawl!